"We are here because I am angry. I am tired of how the immigrant community is treated," Jose Luis Santiago, a DACA recipient, told CNN en Español at a protest outside Trump Tower in New York. "It is time to take action."

In Washington, Gustavo Torres, executive director for the immigrant advocacy group CASA de Maryland, told a demonstration Trump lied to immigrants.

"For many months, he has been telling us, 'I love the Dreamers.' You remember that?" Torres said, referring to the group of undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as children.

Greisa Martinez, director of advocacy for the immigrant rights group United We Dream, said she and other Dreamers are "here to stay," an often-used hashtag on social media.

"United We Dream is ready (to) fight back," Martinez said at a protest across from the White House. "We know this is a symbol of what we saw in Charlottesville, (Virginia) another sign of white supremacists taking over. We will not be thrown back into the shadows."

The program had protected nearly 800,000 young undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children from deportation.

The Trump administration also said it would continue renewing permits for anyone whose status expires in the next six months, giving Congress time to act before any of those currently protected lose their ability to work, study and live without fear in the United States.

Trump's move was praised by groups who support stricter immigration controls and have long decried DACA as executive overreach and argued that it's akin to providing amnesty for lawbreakers.

"I was already mentally prepared for this decision. There had been a lot of rumors. But I think that this decision, what it means to me is a lot of frustration and anger, but at the same time, I am very certain that our community is going to stand up, as it always has," Marquez told CNN en Español shortly after Sessions' announcement.

"This is not the first time that something positive has failed. So we are going to continue. We are going to keep pushing. We are going to keep fighting. We are here to stay."

Correction: A previous version of this article misidentified the name and gender of Cristian Solano-Córdova.